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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Types of Meteorites

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit on meteorites, this site discusses the primary types of meteorites including iron meteorites, stony-iron meteorites, and stony meteorites.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Mike Rumsey Mineralogist

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a question and answer session in text format with Mike Rumsey, resident Mineralogist at the Natural History Museum. The questions are directed at understanding what it means to be a Mineralogist and to study rocks...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Endeavor Botanical Illustrations

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed collection of plant paintings by Sydney Parkinson, whose work on the HMS Endeavour helped further scientific discovery.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of articles and online exhibits that gives information on the various specimens, plants and animals that were collected and illustrations were then made. Cook led the world's first scientific naval expedition to the South Pacific.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Volcanoes and Earthquakes

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit from the Natural History Museum, this site provides three videos on natural processes of Earth. The videos cover tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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Natural History Museum: Insects and Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit from the Natural History Museum, this site examines many different subtopics stemming from a study on both insects and spiders. Several of the subtopics include spider bites, bumblebees, moths, edible insects,...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Types of Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
This particular site is part of a larger online exhibit from the Natural History Museum covering various aspects of fossils and fossil research. Here, seven types of fossils are listed and each type is given a picture representation.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Secret Life of Bats: Bat Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online exhibit on bats, this section focuses on bat senses: sight, olfaction (smell), echolocation, and hearing.
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Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how, where, and when dinosaurs lived millions of years ago by engaging in interactive games, viewing 3D images, or taking a quiz.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Fossil Folklore

For Students 9th - 10th
Under the expansive online exhibit from the Natural History Museum on fossils, this site examines a series of myths associated with fossils including topics on monkeys, snakes, serpents, monsters, and more.
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Natural History Museum: Trees, Magnificent Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough seminar discusses the advantages of being a tree, how trees lift water, how trees stand up, and the height of trees.
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Natural History Museum: Birds Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit from the Natural History Museum, this site is home to six individual topics related to birds including four videos on different aspects and types of birds.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Bumble Bees

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the museum's larger exhibit on spiders and insect, this site examines various types of bumble bees along with their scientific name, common name, and body structure (coloring).
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The Natural History Museum: Chinese Mitten Crab

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information about these crabs and the environmental problems which they may cause.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Volcanoes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the role volcanoes have played in shaping the Earth by engaging in interactive activities such as building a volcano or learning about the lava, water vapor, and gases that erupt from volcanoes.
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Natural History Museum (Uk): What Dinosaur Are You?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, the user will answer eleven quiz questions to determine whether they would be considered a carnivore or a herbivore.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Shark Teeth Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
The information provided at this site is part of a larger online exhibit centered on fossils and fossil research. The shark tooth is listed as one type of fossil and here it is pictured and described.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: What Is a Meteorite?

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit on meteorites, this site answers the question, what is a meteorite? The two main topics covered include where meteorites come from and where meteorites are found.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Meteorites

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brief article examines what meteorites are, the different types, and where they came from.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Our Place in the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger online exhibit on the moon and space, this site deals with one's place in the universe. The topics covered include the sun and solar system, the galaxy, and the universe.